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March 20, 1934. E, BRUNs r AL 1,951,543

CONTAINER Filed May 28, 1932 3 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTORS HERMAN W. RUEGER ALFRED E B U March 20, 1934. A. E. BRUNS El AL CONTAINER 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed May 28, 1932 2 1M NEYS n INVENTORS ALFRED E. BRUNS 1 HERMAN WRUE ER March 20, 1934. BRUNS AL 1,951,543

CONTAINER Filed May 28, 1932 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 INVENTORS ALFRED E. BRUNS HERMAN .RUEG R 'BY WWW aw/w ATI' RNEYS Patented Mar. 20, 1934 CONTAINER Alfred E. Bruns, Huntington, and Herman W. Rueger, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Application May 28, 1932, Serial No. 614,092

5 Claims.

This invention has for its principal object the production of container or box of simple and novel construction for rotatably supporting therein a spool or reel adapted to have adhesive tape or other lengths of material wound thereon.

To the above ends the invention consists in the box or container'hereinafter more particularly described and then specified in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating a practical embodiment of the invention:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the box before the spool or core has been inserted therein.

Fig. 2 is a section therethrough with the spool or core in position therein.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a modification.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary sectional view of the invention of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a further modification.

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary sectional view of the invention of Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of a further modification.

Fig. 8 is a fragmentary sectional view of the invention of Fig. '7.

Fig. 9 is a perspective view of another modification.

Fig. 10 is a fragmentary sectional view of the invention of Fig. 9.

Fig. 11 is a perspective view of another modification.

Fig. 12 is a fragmentary sectional view of the invention of Fig. 11.

Fig. 13 is a perspective view of a further modification.

Fig. 14 is a fragmentary sectional view of the invention of Fig. 13.

Fig. 15 is a perspective view of another modification.

Fig. 16 is a section taken through the box illustrated in Fig. 15.

Fig. 17 is a perspective view of a further modification.

Fig. 18 is a section taken through the container shown in Fig. 17.

Referring in detail to the drawings:

10 indicates a rectangular-shaped somewhat elongated metal box which may be provided with a bead 11 against which the edge of a cover 12 is adapted to seat. The sides of the box are provided with outwardly pressed lugs 13 forming bearing members.

A spool comprising a hollow core is indicated at 14 and it is shown with a roll of adhesive tape 15 wound thereon. In order to rotatably mount the spool in the box whereby the box may be held in one hand and the end of the tape grasped with the other and pulled until the length desired has been unwound, we provide removable annular pintle members 16, the bodies of which extend within the spool 14 which members are also provided with centrally disposed outwardly extending pintle acting portions 17 for reception by the bearings 13 on the sides of the box. Said pintle members 16 are also provided with an annular flange 18 engaging the side or edge of the spool 14.

To insert the spool within the box the pintle members 16 are inserted in position within the spool and the parts so assembled are forced downwardly in the box until the pintle acting portions 17 snap into the bearings 13. The natural resiliency of the metal of the box will permit this to be done. In some cases also we prefer to sharpen one or both of the shorter upper edges of the box body to provide knife edges to permitthe tape to be cut off against the edge after the desired amount has been unwound. It will be seen from the above description that a convenient form of package has been provided which acts as a dustproof box when the tape is not being used and when the cover is in position on the box.

In the modification illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4 the sides of the box are perforated as at 19, which perforations perform the same function as the bearings 13 in the preferred form of the invention. The metal adjacent said perforations is also preferably reinforced by means of annular beads 20 pressed from the metal of the box.

In the modification illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6 the removable annular members 21 act as the bearing members and the inwardly pressed lugs 22 on the sides of the box body act as the pintle members. In this modification we have also shown an inwardly turned cutting flange 23 on one of the upper shorter edges of the box body which construction, as is obvious, could be used if so desired in the preferred form of the invention as well as in the other various modifications thereof.

In the modification of Figs. 7 and 8 the removable annular pintle members of the preferred form of the invention have been dispensed with altogether and the sides of the box body have been provided with inwardly pressed annular lugs 24 forming pintle members which themselves extend within the spool 14, the ends of the spool in this case acting as the bearing members.

In the modification of Figs. 9 and 10, instead of forming the large lugs 24 as in the modification of Figs. 7 and 8 the pintle members are formed by a plurality of small lugs 25 which are so positioned in the side walls of the box body as to interfit within the spool 14.

The modification of Figs. 11 and 12 is very similar to that of Figs. 9 and 10 excepting that prong members 26 are cutthrough the walls of the box body which prong members themselves act as the pintle members.

In the modification of Figs. 13 and 14, the bearing members are formed by outwardly pressed lugs or parts 27 on the box body, the ends of the spool 14 in this case themselves forming the pintle members which interfit with the outwardly pressed lugs 27.

In the modification of Figs. 15 and 16'the spool 28 is shown to be solid instead of hollow, it then being provided with a small opening drilled therethrough which receives a pintle or axle 29 the ends of which are riveted over the sides of the box body, as illustrated, the operation of the device being obvious.

In the modification, of Figs. 17 and 18 the hollow spool 14 is again used and it receives the removable pintle receiving members 31 through which the pintle 32 extends, the construction being somewhat similar to that of the modification of Figs. 15 and 18. m

The invention claimed is:

1. In a device of the character described, a box comprising a body and a cover, said body having outwardly pressed lugs forming bearing members, a hollow spool and removable pintle forming members interfitting with said spool and having pintle portions extending within said lugs.

2. In a device of the character described, a box comprising a body and a cover, said body having outwardly pressed lugs forming bearing members, a hollow spool and removable pintle forming members interfitting with said spool and extending within the ends thereof and having portions extending within said lugs to permit rotation of said spool within said box.

3. In a device of the character described, a box comprising a body and a cover, said body being provided with bearing members, a hollow spool and removable pintle forming members interfitting with said spool and having pintle portions extending Within said bearing members.

4. In a device of the character described, a box comprising .a body having an upper sharpened cutting edge and a cover, said body being also provided with bearing members, a hollow spool and, removable pintle forming members interfitting with said spool and having pintle portions extending within said bearing members.

5. In a device of the character described, a box comprising a body and a cover, said body being said pintle forming members being also provided .195

with ,flanges engaging the sides of the spool.

' ALFRED E. BRU'NsI HERMAN. w. RUEGER. 

